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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 6, 2003 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~--~ <br />SUBJECT: North Carolina Governor's Highway Safety Grant Application <br />DEPARTMENT: Sheriff <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Resolution <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Sheriff, ext 2911 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688--7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To accept the resolution from the North Carolina Governor's Highway Safety <br />Program to proceed with an Orange County grant application. <br />BACKGROUND: North Carolina Governor's Highway Safety Program is in the process of <br />reviewing Orange County's Rural Area Traffic Team (KATY) grant application. This grant will <br />provide equipment for the Sheriffs Office to equip four (4) patrol vehicles with in-car video and <br />radar systems. Current personnel would be used to implement the Rural Area Traffic Team. <br />Increased traffic accidents on rural roads and subdivisions have been the cause of a large <br />number of accidents, which resulted in serious injury and death in the County. Due to the large <br />number of complaints from citizens concerning speeding vehicles, The Sheriffs Office has one <br />deputy assigned to traffic and has purchased a radar unit. However, with the increase in <br />population and development, the existing unit cannot provide the results needed to reduce <br />traffic accidents and serious injury. <br />The Sheriffs Office is committed to the safety and quality of life in this jurisdiction. With the <br />additional funding, the Sheriff will be able to implement a traffic team in Orange County to <br />reduce traffic accidents attributed to speed, resulting in serious injury and fatalities. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: The anticipated grant amount is $88,268, which would cover equipment <br />cost. The required County match of $151,702 is included in the Sheriff's Department budget <br />current year personnel services budget. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board accept the resolution <br />from the North Carolina Governor's Highway Safety Program to proceed with the grant <br />application. <br />